Multi-Stone Inlay Bear Earrings, 0.5", with Turquoise and Jet by Jim Poyer (Navajo)

The simple, stylized bear is Jim Poyer's best known design.  His use of clean lines and bright, contrasting colors make his jewelry a wonderful addition to any collection. In these distinctive earrings, blue turquoise fields are divided by a stark black jet strip all embeded in sterling silver

 

For over twenty years, Jim had a country-western band, the "Jim Poyer Band", and one of the guitar players was Navajo inlay artist Jimmie Harrison.  When the band split up, Poyer went to work with his friend making jewelry.  Once he was working on his own, Jim Poyer developed a talent for striking color combinations and clean silver work that give his pieces their distinctive, contemporary look.